behaviour

I’ve been a bit depressed lately. Enough so that I feel I’ve lost my voice in a way. I usually journal extensively and my photos are generally a medium for my thoughts in some metaphorical manner. But lately I’ve been uninspired because the world has been so disheartening. It seems that the world is just [...]

117 Photos in 2017: 8. In or from the Jewellery Box June 23, 2017 - Seems to be the storyline of my life at the moment..... I loved Christopher Hitchens' writings and the way he looked at the world. I also love Etsy, and there is an Etsy shop that I have purchased [...]

January 15, 2016 - All too often when I find myself in a debate about something science based where the other party holds a strongly opposing view that is not based on good science, a stalemate is reached where my opponent flings out that most hated retort “I have a right to my opinion! You [...]

In a conversation before Christmas I was asking what others were doing in the New Year. One individual said to me "Oh, after Christmas we are going to do a detox cleanse, I think it's a good way to start the year." I hope my inside voice didn't betray itself with any outward look of "how stupid". I [...]

October 17, 2016 - One can look at changes as endings, or as new beginnings. It's that glass half-empty vs half-full thing. And, although new beginnings are sometimes nerve wracking, they are also exciting, they are invigorating, they offer the potential of stepping up to the next level and represent an opportunity to launch yourself again. [...]

September 21, 2016 - And some days, when you are embroiled in a political and biological quagmire at work, you go for a walk in the sun and see the most profoundly simple message, chalked on a spot on the sidewalk, in the business district of a busy city, and everyone else just walks across [...]

August 25, 2016 - Labels bug me. The labels we apply to others, the labels people apply to themselves. They all bug me a little bit. Manager, Executive, Director, Senior, or any combination of those words...if they are just made up titles without any added responsibility of any magnitude, if you didn't earn them through [...]

June 19, 2016 - It's Father's Day and I woke up thinking about Dad. He passed away October 1st but, because of Alzheimer's, we lost him before then. Sometimes I think his disappearance wasn't as painful as Mom's, but then I realize that the grieving process was much longer and more drawn out; by the [...]

May 29, 2016 - I should know better than to go downtown on a Sunday afternoon. Kirk had some work he wanted to do at the Yacht Club so I thought I'd do a dozen errands and then join him back at the Club to process a few hundred photos from Sailpast two weeks ago. [...]

It seems that we have entered a period of blissfully willful ignorance. The internet has provided us with a wealth of information, much of it completely erroneous, from which we can draw and bolster our arguments. The problem is that many of our arguments are irrational, flawed, and based on cognitive biases (predominantly confirmation [...]

The Philosophical Fish

Hi, I'm Paige. I'm a hobby photographer and this is a place where I can share some photos and the random mental wanderings that may accompany them. Any views you encounter here are wholly mine and don't represent any organization that I may be associated with. Like many, my thoughts and opinions change over time, a consequence of having an open mind. This blog is intended to provide a semi-permanent space, a snapshot and evidence of the various thoughts rattling around my brain, therefore any ideas and/or opinions expressed within past posts may neither be the same, nor even similar, to those I hold today. I’m a human and my blog reflects that humanity.

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